The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 29 April 1924

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS ML 22 PENANG APRIL 29, 1924. NO. 18
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    • 318 1 conxjbn i s I LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) Thefts at Resthouses 429 Penang Hill and It. Future 406 gt George g Society 431 £a T The Good Citizen ...410 The Singapore Base 438 4 437 B 3 Chinese Affaire” ...418 Perlis Last Year 434 g 1 ..China's Brigand Problem 424 Brussels
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    • 210 2 I CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., 59, BEACH STREET, PENANG. Jk I,— -T—m j/f ESTABLISHED 1883. ft PRINTERS PUBLISHERS. J Proprietors of the STRAITS ECHO and PENANG SIN POE The most enterprising and up-to-date Printers and Litho* WX graphers in the Orient. tf <y*» Our plant is of the very latest Pattern
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  • 920 406 ill have noticed that, perJ He late in the day, our Sin-MU-aporaries are beginning to an interest in‘i’he development of Hill. In th“ case of one o' intend can hardly bo describentirely benevolent for some a.i,i ungracious gibus at th'* rrn r r hi- gilt
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  • 454 406 Hr. Hacker, Malaria Ruse.irch Officer, j\uada Lumpur, is g< mg Home on sick leave shortly Messrs. G. W. A. Trimmer, E. E Vv earne and I’. J. Hill, of Singapore, are on a visit to Penang. Leave oi absence for eight months has been granted to Air.
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  • 33 406 WMES'IC OCWRRIiNODEATH irk T. ..i.v April In. at «■>”: alias Ong P» Hu, aged S 3. jWEsncoccoß^ l^ e death on prli 1 \lartb» Pykett, daughter d Jlr9 Pykett. InterBead Cemetery, at uk «►‘•‘J-
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  • 654 407 Duse The death of Signora Eleonora Duse at Pittsburg, America, r> mov< s from the world’s stage one of the very h w urvivors of a brilliant company of tragediennes of international reputation. Acting came naturally to Dur-e, for the famous Italian’s father and gran Ifather were ac
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  • 478 407 Fatal Ending At about 9.30 p.m. this morning an affair among Hokkien Chinese in Cintra Street led to knives being drawn, and one man was seriously injured. Whilst being conveyed to the Pitt Street Station he expired. The cause of the affray is not known
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  • 951 407 STRAITS F.M.S. CHAMPIONSHIP A SUCCESSFUL MEETINq VICTORY FOR MR. j. Cr report of the" Easter' Gd' following descriptive account ohb".*"® 1 b Championship is from the spondent.] F 01 a Seldom has this Dnn more interesting play and mor, P‘‘' < entertainment both to to the local devotees of the
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  • 604 408 High day and holiday was kept at Balik Pulau on Easter Monday. The occasion was an Agricultural Show, the lii>t that has ever been held in the district. The Show was under the aegis of the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Society, but the arrangements were made by a committee
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  • 489 408 Chinese Volunteers’ Function The Chinese officers, non-Commis-sioned officer» and men of the D. Company, Penang Volunteers, gave a very successful Easter dance at their Club house in Macalister Road last night. The dance was organised to serve a double purpose as a farewell to Sergt.-Major Groggins and as
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  • 1304 409 SECOND SPORTS MEEHNG Lim Khay btx'o s hi JiiaoKD '1 li< second .>.mm»i u por m ling of the Penang Municape b> Id y- <e-d;jy on the E.-.planade 'Hi ior In .-< cond yi-;.r in xucev.-.'-aoi Lan Seng. ol the ijeillb Di 10 »in; nt. pr aid the
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  • 386 409 in connection with the tournametti special dinner was held at the Penig C lub on Saturday night, at which ail tu visitors were present. The Hon. Mr. I B. Vouies, President of the Golf Ciu: presided, and the others present were. Air. E. P. Kyle, Air.
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  • 465 410 J" John Mitchell an<i fx 800 who "ith their H> tc h e <7O home by th are at present Mt Hn dining their way ek®? 'Twhich has learnt with 1 ihat when Mr. Mitchell re- w j'H n ot be stationed frun leave be ta ft
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  • 978 410 ALT. Or. Travers has returned to Kuala Lumpur from Home. Mr. J. Chandler, of Rubana Estate, Teluk Anson, has returned from Home leave by the Japanese mail. Mr. H. O. Mans, of Messrs. Boustead and Co., is expected to return to Penang and i ejoin the local
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  • 1604 411 A Far Cry” On picking op The Rpf-n" of M '1 16 w- noticed a somewhat nni;«*u I h< iding oa the City Page, A l&lkon iJnh'r.'’ Someone has set to work on an «ffectivo bit of propaganda, associated with hr well-known General” fleet of London motor’s i.uscs,
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  • 61 411 Redaction of Capital [From Our Own CorretpoM, Singapore, April* At the annual general meeting c l Tin ltd, Mr. J. Sime P re, ,d,r shareholders agreed to a r^“^’ ODo j nominal capital from $900,000 B chares to $900,0C0 i° 2 sl &re creation of debenture stock
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  • 89 411 Annual Repo’ l, The fourth annual report ot Rubber Company, Ltd., w’ c i been submitted to th® 6 jj April 4, in London, v ar ended December 3 225 acr s on Nova ootia planted with rubber, I® lh« year i. £58.154 16« I, mast
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  • 1195 412 STRAITS F.M.S. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP sKtE rARTTxCSABB WATT F J from T« erda j'> he Kylethey Brß rewarded by >* d.ivinA Mr. X»“ 9 |L Jlr. Kyle and, in «'"'■/I- ni vioy the odd off the '■C m.t h He is a great acqn.snh Malaga a"* l 9h ,d ocrtunly 1
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  • 641 412 Cint;a Street Stabbing Affair In the Sicmd P.aicc C .u t, P ining, th g morning Insucetor Hirwiod, of the Put Street Stition, p r oliic?d be orc Mr G. C. I Acfiur Magistrate) f »ur Cninc«-' L\3 Kok B‘?ng, Lira Kin Seng, Lim C iwee and Teow
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  • 295 413 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir > -1 u Your recent editorials, partial to thw admittance to the upper ranks of the Malayan Civil Service, of non-European British subject-, native to the Colony, Hiii'f have commended themselves to all the votaries of Fairplay, as well
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  • 178 413 Annual Report Thu report of the Committee of the above Association, to be presented at the seventh annual general meeting on the 30th inst., states inter alia,that the year s. working -hows a surplus of $2,040.36 as compared with $1,237.05 in the previous year. The totals
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  • 635 413 PC( v EASTERN SMELTING i Goal in the Dusk Ch the Esplanade yesterday, in the pre en e of a large gathering of spectators, an Association foo'hall match was played between the Ea tern Sme’tmg Co., ami the P.C.C. 'l’he game proved ito bi a thoroughly interesting one.
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  • 97 413 Annual Prize m Ihe annual prize nieetir,’ M.S VR. Battalion was held at Kuala Lunina/ 19, 20 and 21 at the Kuah I Range. Uala Lun WU The principal results were I he Grand Agarevam S.w. Terrell. g Up Silver Championship Cup-» Belgrave. r 3 T M R.
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  • 319 413 Ihe cabled news regarding the iempt to form some sort of organ.Mii or the marketing of rubber, gives i gleam of hope that the industry, is j many activities, is not so hupeioj Darren of commercial some seem so ready to assume, agreement will be an easy thing
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  • 483 414 J v Sivgafoke Chinese I members ot the SmI r «linking Club to TanI Sunday proved a dw n for decision; I Water i P Jo' before the etart a large I'-" Jnbied <® the beuch aU< to witness what proved i brilliant display- The viI T» very
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  • 1637 414 PENANG VERSUS PERAK A Bowlers’ Day [l'rom Our Own Correspondent] Ipoh, April 20. The Penang Perak Inter-State cricket match, which started yesterday at 10.40 a.m. at the (poh Club Padang, proved a disappointment from a spectacular point of view. Tn view of the Easter holidays and the increased
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  • 1565 415 S.S. F.M.S. GOLF TOURNAMENT KYI E DEI FATED IN SEMI-FINALS < im Watt Wins Championship 'I he Straits and F.M.S. Golf Championship meeting, which began in Penang on Friday, concluded yesterday morning. Crabb Watt, the veteran Penang golfi r, winning the championship after «close game from Craig of Caledonia. J
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  • 529 416 We have to acknowledge a copy of the Pek Kah Seng" from the compiler, Mr. Tan Pow Tek, of Klang. The booklet contains 513 Chinese surnames in the Hokien, Cantonese, Teochow, Hakka, Hylam and Mandarin dialects, also 125 family titles, and over 2,500 place names in the
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  • 1867 416 ADVISER’S ANNUAL REPORT Satisfactory Finances We have received from the Acting Adviser the Annual Report of the British Adviser to the Kedah Government tor the ear 1341 A.H. (23rd August, 1922—13th August, 1923), by Mr. W. Peel, British Advisr rto the Kedah Government, together with the
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  • 1006 418 I rt of the becreunj l «P 0 Blrail settlers A t usual, table oi I- 7 tins on imin l g ration rL»:>je wtl;t lyl 3 but its value t- t were Kid t into the inP”’; oi the country and -n--t Ji i an the position
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  • 453 418 During Lady; Guillcmard’s absence the Tuesday afternoon-At Homes” at Gov'einment House will be discontinued. Mr. Charleton Maxwell, Commissioner of Trade and Customs, F.M.S., has been on a short visit to Penang. Air. F. E. Taylor has been appointed Cha'iiman of the Garden Committee, laiping, in place of
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  • 1562 419 The Governor and the HUI Bit dat qai cito dat anci prompt thanks equally have a special value. Anyhow, we should like to bear that steps were being taken by some representative body in this Settlementperhaps, the Municipal Commissioners or the 8. S. (Penang) Associationto convey to the
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  • 109 419 Remarkable Discoveries at From Our Own Singapore, Apn; Our Singapore correspondent that sensationsal finds of non-tr"ft chandu are being made innn»J»r" the town. The poiioe J®* IJC i 17,000 worth at Telok Ayer. the lighthouse keeper at w iscovered $12,000 worth from i* The police discovered e 8» the
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  • 5333 420 ISS .V^ L R Kcrthek Extracts from ?Ve i of Mr. W. Peel, the usual Repo Kedah Govern--1341 AH. (23rd Dt 1922-13th August, 1923). Surveys Ur j D ewar was in charge until t Jilakhir 1341, when he Jamadil > j c Stevens until the end
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  • 432 423 P Ma W lollowmg ls a list L Ah Chew, (2) Ahmat bin 'jab?*','; l bin Sahid; Ginger: 12) Chang Choon, (8) W Pomegranate: (1) t Loh Sin On; Limes: 2 Ean, (2) Lim Soon Loan. f* Chong; Pineapple: (1) J P)Mah Kew; ustard’ aJ: J* Sin
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  • 949 424 I F several months past we have ha I lauds marked recrudesc p ee 4 T oiracj and of brigandage P T ke e,il a PP ears V* be w for L th* in the days of the hmJTand it is hopeless to expect IL Chinese Republic
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  • 442 424 Dr. Hacker left Kuala Lumpur yesterday for Home by the s.s. City of Cairo. t Judge AL Purdy, newly appointed to the 1 nited States Court for China, has arrived in Shanghai. Mr. A. 1. Newboult, M.C., has been appointed a Magistrate of the First Class ir*
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  • 1799 425 The Governor and Bel Retiro’’ Ap.'opn cf yea arday’s Undom Note under this heading, we understand th >t letters have air* ady been sent to His Excellency the Governor by the Penang Chamber of Commeice and the Straitb Settlements (Penang) Association, expressing thinks for His Excellency’s generous action
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  • 112 425 Annual kiting (From Our Own Singapore, Apr’- 1 At the annual meeting of Ayer Panas Rubber Co., Ltd., J&imo, presiding, stated that B,tJCof the year the directors had ant expenditure of $14,000 to b tne next twelve mouths in O P eM acres of the reserve intended
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  • 931 426 roiXTENDENT’S ANNUAL report v b. Hamilton, t oi the Municipal ilene lives the folLw 4“ x‘ M x ar pnauis eceulDer 3i J jr’^l e .Petroleum stores s9<>o.4U, (licenses) $9O, tireworks $1,034, matches stores 1 1336, Licence Board lees j’/Tfines $9OO, miscellaneous su. m; tlitwe°-Salaries and Provident
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  • 1137 426 POST OFFICE STAMP VENDOR CHARGED Before Mr. G. A. Smith, First Magisirafe, Penang. Omar bin Mohamed Salleh, til] recently junior stamp vendor at the General Post Office, Penang, was charged with theft as a public servant of $109.94, the property of the Government, on or about March 24.
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  • 614 427 PERFORMANCES IN AID OF CONFUCIAN SCHOOL The members of the Chui Lok Amateur Dramatic Association, of Kuala Lumpur, gave two very successful entertainments at the Drury Lane Theatrical Hall, on Friday and Saturday under the distinguished patronage of the Hon. Mr. A. B. Voules, Resident
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  • 159 427 -B.F.P*. lhe team of Singapor» uhich visited Sumatra at Ea>t«3 two matches during their S Outeh island. The first «uV* Played on the Good day that the team arrived La. M Medan, and was a draw of on In the other game the vm-. met a
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  • 204 427 The Singapore Municipal Health ment for the week ending April the total number of deaths as 199, rep sonting a death rate of 20.89 per d$ per annum compared with 24.4(1 int* preceding week and- with 30. W in th corresponding week of last year chief causes
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  • 1752 428 .ALliits77i«R£GULArilties Eeho) l’ hemanwho W»* besides having bsute Hospital Hom Idav on Wednesday, 20tii onul eari) morning of batuxday, AfC «»'«> veri itlc w jau») reader of tue Straus Jtcho, w with a Knowledge of 1 once Jeeaure. wl uave eonder it means Uns; that a! Ude
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  • 443 429 Security of Tenure The Far Eastern Review for March, i 1 addition to publishing an illustrated arti de on the architecture in the F.M.'*L Rail* ways, contains an interesting resumo of Tin Mining in Siam, by Mr. G, R. Oswald. The writer states that considerable misapprehension
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  • 342 429 POST OFFICE CLERK ACQUITTED 1 ti Dis »ic' '..ourr, y-. ..J. fur a >on, the junior’ ven E-r at tjc Gma.ai 0.-t Office, Pen-n, (Oin-.r bin M *u. M S Iteb), v' o■. as a? <.< d t > the li.ek of 109.94, C a value of c-ao
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  • 278 429 Theft from Maternity Hospital In the Second Police Co'urt, to day before Mr. FI. A. Foster, Inspector McLernon, of the Magazine Station, charged a Chinese by the name of Mak Won, with theft as a servant of one tyoid wristlet watch, one signet ring, one jade bracelet chain
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  • 308 429 PENANG F OOTBALL LEAGUE nomads L>ws„ j. It was genwslh, exrM. h the fact that several ,Eh' 4, r *> 1 n ese p ayers wau E that the match betw hmese) and Rovers I, m e y> me Esplanade, wouW ««■or. In p olnt ot f favourites. But. after
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  • 131 429 Common Sense writes to ocr contemporary One sees by the papers that have again cotninenoed in liest-Houee. Not so long »go tM a series of them in 1 eluk 3 House. Why do not the expanded metal screens to t of all rest houses? To 6 M
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  • 949 430 I hflS announced that World Conthe lurthur tam- 1 ts Mr Kamsay Machim WitH Wha p* k* r hion t 0 describe as a s“e kind, so that prospect of ascertain if TX ries h :L t: tioa have sufficient Mi -CXh inspired them to r »s to attempt
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  • 570 430 I he Death op a I h:,.sr H. A. b ,rn-r c utmu I the enquiry tu t it of d at > i f a Chines? prie t, icon;< Haak, which occurred at tie L ini a lempld a c ouple of '.ve?ks ago. In iha evidence
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  • 1044 431 Optimism According to the China Express and Telegraph, there is a disposition on the part of many who are concerned in the prod action of plantation rubber to believe that something to their benefit is about t) happen. This is vague, but soma consolation may be derived from
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  • 226 431 Test Case Against Chinese Printers Before Mr. Pryde, District Judge, Singapore, a esse, which will serve as a test one for the future, was commenced in which Messrs. Lim Cheng Seng and Lim Chee Seng, proprietors of a print- ing establishment at 17, Cecil Street, were each
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  • 998 431 La st nights ba Ll A BRILLIANT lire.. *ne bt Georges BaU.t.u Penang, U, t night, was A l it An energetic band o f exeo o .i, o oompri sin Venice, as Preedent, Lhorne, E. E. <l Gardner, together with lnd 8 Gt. who were di
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  • 607 432 CHINESE CHAUFFEUR CHARGED PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY In the Second Police ou yesterday aiier oou, b fore Mr. H. A Forrer, the preliminary enquiry wa* be/un in which a Chinese ohauff ur, Kuah Cheng Chai, stands charged with driving amitorcar in a rash aid negligent and thereby causing
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  • 2391 432 SPEECHES BY MR. PENNY AND MR. DARBISHIRE A Personally Conducted Tour” The following are speeches that took piace in the debate in the House ol Coinmoiib on March 25 on the motion of bir Robert Horne to reduce the Navy vote by £IUO as a protest against
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  • 385 434 aptiniz of the Child W eliare ooat Government House, SinThursday, and presided over the Colonial Secretary, I L. Hose, was attended by a large ....m ol ladi eb an(l gentlemen, Lady Umud being Ao P^ 11 communities we 1 represented Opening the meeting, Mr. Hose said to
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  • 2605 434 BRITISH ADVISER S REPORT Steady Progress The following are extracts from the Annual Report of the British Adviser to the Perlis Government for the year 1341 A. H. (23rd August, 1922—13th August, 1923): Financial 1. The Revenue for the year amounted to $397,187 on an estimate of
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  • 277 436 Key Still Champion .Huge crowd at the Happy Valley last saw Battling Key retain his title ci Lightweight Champion of Malaya, sn Saturday’s Free Press. Noel Moreno the challenger was six pounds lighter w the Champion, and it was clear fem the start that he would not
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  • 158 436 Q OFFICIAL STATISTICS o: From the Controller of Rubber Exports we have received the following statistics covering the period November 1, 1923, to March 31, 1924: I. Total Exports Total Exports Total Imports British Malaya Restriction Area Foreign Rubber November, 1923 17,543 15,012 7,442 December, 1923 25,501 16,138
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  • 556 436 Some Awahds The awards at the sixth International Exhibition of Rubber, other Tropical Products and Allied Industries, at Brussels, were: Best Commercial Samples of Plantation Rubber, Malaya Section.Gold medal, Port Dickson-Lukut (F.M.S.) Rubber Estates (Lukut Estate). Silver cup to Mr. A. M. Kennedy, manager. Silver medal, Batak Rabit
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  • 765 437 Sinc<- February 15, when the London pot price of tin reached £2BO, the descent has been rapid, and the j "nodical changes in the quotations remarkable. On Saturday the spot price was reported to be £240 ss. The relapse h i thus taken us back to the level
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  • 362 437 Judging by the speeches made at the meeting in the City of London, and the views of our fellow-citizens overseas, the question of the abandonment of the Singapore Base will not ne allowed to be indefinitely shelved. There were no fewer than three ex-First Lord 4 of the
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  • 415 437 Mr. H. J. Elev L < -v I <' Jasim' I The Bishop c f Singac I Sereii.ban early on Friday m I Singapore. Mr. J. C. Cowap i s to act I ment Analyst, Straits Settbt I from March 27. oeltl «neijU I -Mr. N. Ji.
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  • 1065 438 P ADANG PLANDOK TIN, LIMITED mine twice2 IOODED j. 1 of the gel the Padang Plandok nA was held at noon on c < registered offices of the X ng. Mr. F- E. Dilley ,3rt /'/the others present were P«'? riive Sim P' **A Dennvs and the representa- be Secretaries
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  • 129 438 LEGAL ADVISER APPLIES FOR REVISION HEARING TO-DAY In the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court to-day application was made by the Legal Adviser for revision of the magis1 8 in the Labu Estate case, which was dealt with, as already reported, in the Seremban police court on the 11th
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  • 231 438 i From Out Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 28 Our Singapore correspondent tel-graphe that the Dutch steamer, Tjikarang, arrived from Calcutta yesterday aftern on, with her cargo of Indian coal smouldering. The Harbour Board s firefloat is now putting out the fire. H 5 o: 1 he
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  • 799 439 The Fluctuating Franc A® in the case of the old man, the young man. and the ass, the exchange manipulators of the franc are discovering that, whether it goat» up or down, they are equally liable to public censure in France, at all events. When the franc passed
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  • 334 439 Alleged Breach or Trust In the Second Police Court to-day, Suppiah, till recently a clerk under Mr. M. Coomarasamy, merchant of Penang and! Kuala Lumpur, who was arrested in India, was charged with criminal breach of trust. It will be remembered that Mr. G. A. Smith issued a
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  • 529 439 PENANG WI LL CASE DECISION OF The b Tl, E count 0F *»Ei LITIGATION THAT HAS PENANG LAwJ*'- 3 The Conrt of A p pe r J matter of the frost, of t w fe 3t,i fa went made by th, l at K ?^J*<* wore read to-dav Mr. Morton,
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  • 900 440 ANTHONY CO.'S SHARE LIST Buyers Sei r< Remark cts. cts. nntUR SOA RBB J. rs Co L,<l, ,m o <X) Ms'av Estate, V r 0 -1.59 Ltd o$ «co J i-d w M o S *’t« fi****?* nt 0» 0.55 ho ffih>bberCo.,EW. 3.75 4.00 th 2.40 2.60 SRubl*r Co. Wd.
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    • 150 440 A. 1. ANTHONY A C.., Penang April 30, 1924. jjl.are tirokar TIN OU 1 PUTS Renonp, for the ti st half month of Apiil, U.edge No. I 10? piculs, D.edge No. 3 267 puuis, total 371 piculs. 1 Tongkan Harbour, from 2Uih to 26th Ap-ii (being one week), 11 BOOKS
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    • 199 441 J? the w < mB I' STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. t iiogpoon »i /I Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts
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